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Electrophoresis
A process by which molecules (such as proteins, DNA, or RNA fragments) can be separated according to size and electrical charge by applying an electric current to them. Each kind of molecule travels through the medium at a different rate…
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- Neonatal Pertaining to the newborn period which, by convention, is the first four weeks after birth.
- Capitation In U.S. health services, capitation refers to a fixed 'per capita' amount that is paid to a hospital, clinic…
- Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) A disease caused by failure of lymphocytes to die once they have finished doing their job. As a result…
- Sawbones Slang name for a surgeon and, in particular, an orthopaedic surgeon (who may have 'sawed bones' on the…
- Morning glory syndrome A birth defect of the optic nerve (the nerve to the eye) in which there is a coloboma (cleft) of the optic…
- Lumen A luminous term referring to the channel within a tube such as a blood vessel or to the cavity within a…
- Poultice A soft moist mass about the consistency of cooked porridge that is spread on cloth and applied warm to create…
- Palindromic Pertaining to a palindrome. A DNA sequence that reads the same in both directions is a palindromic sequence
- Granulation That part of the healing process in which rough, pink tissue containing new connective tissue and capillaries…
- Osteoblast A cell that makes bone. It does so by producing a matrix that then becomes mineralized. Bone mass is…